wiipDirector/Counsel, Business & Legal Affairs
Oct. 2019 - May. 2025Negotiated, structured, and drafted complex agreements across all phases of development, packaging, and production, including talent contracts (actors, writers, directors, producers), underlying rights, production service agreements, and all aspects of principal photography as lead business affairs executive on ordered series; managed ad hoc business and legal affairs functions including issues related to corporate structure, governance, guilds (and collective bargaining agreements), insurance, policy and compliance, streamlining operations, implementing best practices to optimize efficiency in business and legal processes and contributed to special projects, supporting the company’s strategic initiatives and operational needs; reviewed and analyzed project budgets, financial projections, and other financial documents to ensure alignment with contractual agreements and company objectives; and collaborated closely with both internal cross-functional teams (creative, finance, physical production, and marketing) and external stakeholders (distributors, producers, talents representatives) in connection with the company’s ordered, set-up and development slates.